Politics

The Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended the impeachment proceedings earlier initiated against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Ngozi Odu, adopting the decision during a resumed plenary sitting in Port Harcourt. The pause is mainly tied to two issues that made it difficult for the impeachment process to…

National Assembly has passed a reworked Electoral Act amendment bill built around one major compromise,election results should be uploaded electronically from polling units to INEC’s Result Viewing Portal, but a manually completed polling unit result sheet can still take over if the electronic upload fails. The flashpoint was Clause 60,…

Nigeria’s National Assembly may be considering a change to the date of the 2027 presidential election, after reports that lawmakers will return from recess for an emergency plenary session. This discussion started after INEC released a new election timetable that fixed the presidential and National Assembly elections for Saturday, February…

Nigeria’s electoral bill is being discussed loudly, but not carefully. While the public focuses on the popular clauses, some less-discussed changes are quietly being positioned to affect how candidates are removed or replaced and how quickly election disputes are decided in court. 1) Candidate Withdrawal: The New Affidavit Requirement One…

Members of the Joint National Assembly Conference Committee, set up to resolve the differences between the Senate and House versions of the Electoral Amendment Bill, are expected to meet on Monday. The move to harmonise the bill follows the Senate and the House passing separate versions, with key differences in…